LYON, George Francis (1795-1833). The Private Journal of Capt. G. F. Lyon, of H. M. S. Hecla, During the Recent Voyage of Discovery under Captain Parry . London: John Murray 1824. The first edition . Both an Arctic and African explorer, Lyon captained the Hecla under William Edward Parry. He provides detailed and sympathetic portraits of Eskimo life encountered. Arctic Bib. 10531; Hill 1053; Sabin 42853. Octavo (120 x 138mm). 7 plates including frontispiece, one folding map (minor toning, text block cracked after title). Half calf over marbled boards (rebacked). Provenance : Alexander Thomson of Banchory (1792-1868; bookplate) – High Latitude, Bainbridge Island.
LYON, George Francis (1795-1833). The Private Journal of Capt. G. F. Lyon, of H. M. S. Hecla, During the Recent Voyage of Discovery under Captain Parry . London: John Murray 1824. The first edition . Both an Arctic and African explorer, Lyon captained the Hecla under William Edward Parry. He provides detailed and sympathetic portraits of Eskimo life encountered. Arctic Bib. 10531; Hill 1053; Sabin 42853. Octavo (120 x 138mm). 7 plates including frontispiece, one folding map (minor toning, text block cracked after title). Half calf over marbled boards (rebacked). Provenance : Alexander Thomson of Banchory (1792-1868; bookplate) – High Latitude, Bainbridge Island.
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